DEFINITION

DEFINITION

Minimal access surgery is a product of modern technology and surgical innovation that aims to accomplish surgical ther apeutic goals with minimal somatic and psychological trauma. This type of surgery has reduced wound access trauma and is less disfiguring than conventional techniques. It can o ff er cost-e ff ectiveness to both health services and employ ers by shortening operating times, shortening hospital stays, improv ing operative precision compared with open surgery in some (but not all) cases and allowing faster recuperation. DEFINITION

Minimal access surgery is a product of modern technology and surgical innovation that aims to accomplish surgical ther apeutic goals with minimal somatic and psychological trauma. This type of surgery has reduced wound access trauma and is less disfiguring than conventional techniques. It can o ff er cost-e ff ectiveness to both health services and employ ers by shortening operating times, shortening hospital stays, improv ing operative precision compared with open surgery in some (but not all) cases and allowing faster recuperation. DEFINITION

Minimal access surgery is a product of modern technology and surgical innovation that aims to accomplish surgical ther apeutic goals with minimal somatic and psychological trauma. This type of surgery has reduced wound access trauma and is less disfiguring than conventional techniques. It can o ff er cost-e ff ectiveness to both health services and employ ers by shortening operating times, shortening hospital stays, improv ing operative precision compared with open surgery in some (but not all) cases and allowing faster recuperation.